Halloween: Lets Make it a Party

Witches, Goblins, Ghosts...OH MY!

A Little Halloween History:

The term Halloween is shortened from All Hallow's Eve which is the Eve of All Hallow's Day which is now known as All Saint's Day. Historically the two days were celebrated on the same day but now All Sain't Day is considered to be the day after Halloween.

It is almost that time of year again. Get out the party decorations and the costumes because it is time to plan the best Halloween party yet!

Get in the Halloween Spirit

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Invitations

These are great invitations for your kid friendly Halloween Party.

Personalized Pumpkin Invitation $0.99
Personalized with your name and information
5 x 7 in size and comes with an envelope

Haunted House Personalized Invitation $0.99
Personalized with your name and information
5 x 7 in size and includes an envelope

Your Invited Witch Invitations
(8-pack) $4.59
Fill in the blank invitations.
Envelopes Included.

Ghost Personalized Invitation $0.99
Personalized with your name and information
5 x 7 in size. Envelope included.

Party Favor Bags

Ghost Party Favor Bag
(20pk) $2.99

Halloween Eve

Party Favors

Halloween Swirl Pops
(12-pack) $5.99
Very cute party favors!

Halloween Stationary Set $1.29
Set includes: 1 sheet of stickers, 4 Halloween erasers, 1 Halloween printed pencil

Halloween Bubbles $0.49
Mini bubbles with wands

Halloween Stamper $0.29
A great addition to the favor bag!

Halloween Glow Necklace $2.29
Two toned (orange and purple) glow necklace.

Halloween Favor Set $16.99
This favor set includes 20 cello halloween themed bags with twist ties, 16 sticker strips, 12 notepads, 12 pencils, 12 glow in the dark eyeballs and 12 slimy hands. Add some candy and your party favor bags are all set for your guests!

Party Decorations

Pumpkin Punch Balloon $0.99

Ghost Mylar Balloon $3.99
Use a few of these balloons to mix with plain halloween balloons to make a nice boquet for your party!

More decorations

Cute Characters Ceiling Decoration Kit

Amazon Price: $24.99 (as of 07/06/2009)

Cemetery Table Decorating Kit

Amazon Price: $4.99 (as of 07/06/2009)

Spider All-in-One Decorating Kit

Amazon Price: (as of 07/06/2009)

Natural Creepy Cloth

Amazon Price: (as of 07/06/2009)

Pumpkin Light Set 11ft

Amazon Price: $12.99 (as of 07/06/2009)

Haunted Eve Yard

Decorate the Yard!

Light Spider Web $19.99
A scary trap perfect for the porch. This web purple lights with black wire. There lies a lit spider in the center of the web waiting to get ya! It has 100 lights and the web measures 40 inches in diameter.

Inflatable Ghost Mailbox Monster $9.99
This scary creature is ready to scare away the bills! It is easy to attach all you have to do is inflate it. The ghost is 31 inches tall.

Haunted Hallway Scene Setters $4.99
Set includes two 5ft tall scene setters. Make your walls look like a haunted house with the spooky stairwell and the creepy lit stone hallway.

Graveyard Kit $39.99
This is perfect for the yard. Kit includes: rubber bat, spider web with spider, 2 tombstones and 3 pieces of cemetary wall. Each piece measures 23 inches high and 15 inches across.

Grave Scene Kit $16.99
This is an easy grave yard scene. The kit includes: 2 tombstones (each 21 inches tall), 6 feet of barbed wire and one tattered bloody cloth.

Activities for Your Party

Ghost Pinata $14.99
Pinata's are always a hit with the kids!

Spider Ring Toss Game $3.99
A fun game at a great price!

Color Your Own Treat Bags (12-pack) $7.99
12 mini shopping bag style treat bags for children to color. Assorted designs. These are great for children to decorate and then use for trick or treating. They can be colored with crayons, markers or if you are feeling adventurous they can be painted!

Play Pumpkin Bonanza
If you are familiar with bucket bonanza this follows the same concept but uses real pumpkins. Ever wonder what you could do with those beautifully carved pumpkins during the day when they are not lit up? Hollow out, clean and carve 10 pumpkins with whatever design you would like (make sure they are all about the same size). Save your seeds to use for baking pumpkin seeds. Line up your pumpkins in a row with the tops off and play bonanza. After your game is over put the pumpkins back on the porch for decoration!

Frightly Games

Vanished Bones
Someone has been hiding bones all over your house that are dying to be found! Send the kids on a scavenger hunt for bones.

Directions:
Hid bones throughout the house or outside if weather permits. You can make paper bones out of construction paper or cardboard. Play scary music and they search. The child with the most bones wins!

Bag of Bones
Try scattering these around the yard for a real feel!

Halloween Hits

Spooky music to enjoy while playing your Halloween games!

Halloween Hits

Amazon Price: $9.98 (as of 07/06/2009)

More Games/Activities

Creepy Feely Halloween Party Game (B9)

What is THAT squishing between your fingers? Guarantee giggles galore once you bring out the Creepy Feely game. Game features bowls, instruction sheet, a few small toys for prizes and a creepy screen with a haunted house illustration and cut-out holes for your hands. Players take turns reaching through the door or window of the Haunted House to find goodies and treats mixed into the contents of each bowl, while trying to guess what they're touching! Worms or spaghetti? Hairy spiders or feathers? For 2 or more players. For ages 6 and up.

Amazon Price: $6.97 (as of 07/06/2009)

Haunted Dart Halloween Party Game

A ghost must be pushing your dart off target! Here's a fun game to play at your Halloween party. Game features soft target banner and 3 Velcro balls. Each player throws all 3 balls and adds up his/her score. Person with highest score at end of the game wins! Can be played with any number of people. Just like darts - only safer! Easy to transport. For ages 6 and up. Keep away from fire.

Amazon Price: $8.95 (as of 07/06/2009)

Skeleton Skull Party Pinata Halloween 50th 40th Birthday

20" tall x 14" Wide (4" deep) Big! Eyes, nose and teeth are Inset for a cool skull 3D look Hanging Loop Included Colors & Design may vary slightly because each is made by hand Ready to Fill Handmade by Mexican Artisans Perfect for a grand finale to the Halloween Party, or a new tradition in place of door-to-door trick or treating.

Amazon Price: (as of 07/06/2009)

Partyware

Party in a Box (8 guests) $24.99
Includes: 8 cake plates, 8 cups, 20 napkins, 1 table cover, 1 orange cutlery set, orange balloons, yellow balloons, black balloons, orange streamer, black streamer, orange curling ribbon

Deluxe Party in a Box (8 guests) $54.99
Includes: 8 cake plates, 8 dinner plates, 20 napkins, 20 beverage napkins, 8 jack-o-latern stadium cups, 1 table cover, 1 mylar balloon, 1 ghost pinata, 1 orange cutlery set, orange balloons, yellow balloons, black balloons, orange steamer, black stream, orange curling ribbon

Fun Stuff!

Best Costume Trophy $6.99
It can't be a true Halloween party without costumes. Reward the best dressed with this scary trophy. It stands 9.5 inches tall.

Shake Dem Halloween Bones

by: W. Nikola-Lisa

This is a book for group sharing and joining in. Children will sing
and dance and chant the refrain as they shake their bones with the
hip-hop rhyming words and swirling pictures." (Booklist, ALA )

Amazon Price: $5.96 (as of 07/06/2009)

Recipes for Scary Punches!

Black Halloween Punch
Ingredients:
1 (13 oz) envelope unsweetened grape juice soft drink mix
1 (13 oz) envelope unsweetened orange juice soft drink mix
2 cups white sugar
3 quarts cold water
1 liter ginger ale

Directions:
Stir together grape soft drink mix, orange soft drink mix, sugar and water until it is all dissolved. Combine with chilled ginger ale right before the party.

Fun stuff: The day prior make a several trays of ice with gummy worms inside the cubes to add to your punch. Wanna make it even creepier? Instead of gummy worms use glow maggots to light up your punch! (non-edible)
Melted Witch Punch
Ingredients:
1 (32 oz) bottle of lemon-lime sports drink
1 (32 oz) bottle of lemon-lime flavored carbonated beverage (mountain dew works well)

Directions:
Combine both bottles and stir gently. Add fun ice cubes and embellish with plastic spiders for a scary surprise.
The Frozen Hand
Spice up your bunch a bit with this frozen hand!

Ingredients:
1 (10oz) package of frozen raspberries, thawed
2 1/2 cups of cranberry juice
2 envelopes unflavored gelatin

Directions:
Wash and rinse the outside of a rubber glove (be sure to use non-latex due to allergies). Turn the glove inside out. In a 4 cup measuring cup combine the raspberries and cranberry juice. Pour 2 cups of the mixture into a small saucepan. Sprinkle the envelope of the gelatin over the mixture in the pan and let sit for 2 minutes. Warm over low heat constantly stirring until the gelatin dissolves. Pour back into the reserved mixture in the measuring cup.

Pour the mixture into the inside out rubber glove. Gather the top of the glove and tie securely with a kitch tie or rubberband. Freeze until solid, preferably for several days. When ready to use carefully cut the glove away from the frozen hand and place againist the side of the punch bowl to prop up. Garnish with creepy plastic bugs!
Cauldrons (set of 3) $12.99
Each of these cauldrons is a separate size. The larger one would be perfect for your punch and frozen hand. The sizes are 5 inches, 7.5 inches and 11 inches high. Add your punch to these gruesome cauldrons to make it even more scary!

Punch Accessories

Skeleton Ladle

Serve your bone chilling punch with this skeleton ladle.

Amazon Price: (as of 07/06/2009)

Punch Alternative

Skeleton Inflatable Cooler

This is the perfect accessory if you will be serving soda at your Halloween party.

Amazon Price: (as of 07/06/2009)

Frozen Hand

Halloween Treats

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Halloween Recipes

Frozen Orange Jack-o-Lanterns
Martha Stewart's recipe for frozen orange jack-o-lanterns are a fun kid treat low in sugar!

Ingredients:
Naval Oranges (one per person)
Mango, passion fruit or orange sorbet
Floral wire

Directions:
Cut the top quarter off of each orange and save to use for a lid. Scoop or cut out the inner part of the orange like you would a pumpkin. Feel free to save it and make fresh orange juice. With a craft knife or a sharp knife carve a jack-o-lantern face on your orange. Pack each orange with your sorbet and place the lid back on. Bend floral wire and poke it in the top of the orange but do not go through the lid. Put your pumpkins on parchment paper and place in the freezer until firm, approximately 30 minutes. These treats can stay froze for up to 3 days.
Other Recipes to check out:

Lollipop Cookies
Petits Fours
This recipe will make about 40 treats. Here is Martha's Recipe:

Ingredients:
White Sheet Cake
Confectioners Sugar Icing
Butter Glaze
8 ounces semi-sweet chocolate for eyes and mouth

Directions:
1. Using a 1 1/2-inch cookie cutter, cut out circles from cake. Brush off any crumbs with a pastry brush.
2. Fit a pastry bag with a plastic coupler, and top cake rounds with icing in a ghost or hat shape,about 1 inch high.
3. Place a wire rack over a rimmed baking sheet; set aside. Set an iced cake round on a fork; hold over bowl of glaze. Using a large spoon, drizzle glaze evenly over cake and icing until completely covered. Transfer to wire rack. Repeat with remaining rounds. Let set, about 5 minutes.
4. Place chocolate in a heatproof bowl set over a pan of barely simmering water; stir chocolate until melted. Transfer to a disposable pastry bag or resealable plastic bag; snip off tip with scissors. Pipe eyes and a mouth onto ghosts.